Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-01-22

ARE. SyN- u"t Hs NsuvJu
@'I tonight nohly In
support 1t the law
and his own convictions. A majority III the
jury objected to there hcing any inquest Mt
all. A sincere juryman thought it bard that
Whenever o Greaser pe::el out in a s,caLin'
i:t:ld o way, American citizens sno,!ld DO
taken from tacir business to end out what
allied Lin. @S'pose ho was killed., =" said an-
other, "thar amt TO time this thirty year he
weren't, 90 tospeas, just sus7crin' for it, CT
his nat'ral right CT q Mexican" Tho jury ut
last compromised by bringing ii q verdict Of
homicide against certain parties unknown.
Yet it was understood tacitly that these ia
known parties were severally Wies and Pc
dro; Manuel. Miguel and Roscommon prov
ing OIL unmistakable alibi. Uiles and Pedro
had fed to Lower California, and Manuel.
Miguel aud Eoscommon deemed it advisable,
in the then excited state of the public mind. to
withholdtio forged application end CLAIM from
tho courts and tho public comment. So tlat for
a year after tho murder Of Concho ard the
fight Of lis assassins THE .clue tInss Min
ing Company" remained in undisturbed and
actual possession Of tho mine, and reigned in
their stead.
But the spirit Of tho murdered Concho
would not down eny more than that Of the
murdered Canquo, and SO wrought, no doubt,
In a quiet, Concho-liko WY, sore trouble with
tho "Dluo Eass Company" Tor a great carl
talist and master Of avaricc came down
to the mine and found it fair, and taking one
of tho company aside, offered to lend his
name and u certain amount of coin for q con-
trolling interest, accompanying tho generous
oTcr with o suggestion that il it wcrc not
accclcd to hc would b. compelled to buy up
various Mexican mines md food tho market
with quicksilver to the great dctrimcnt of tho
"Dluc Mass Company, !" which thoughtful sug.
gcstion, offered by a man frequently alluded
to as one of "California's great Mining
princes" and US one who had "done much to
develop the resources Of tho state" was not
to 10 lightly considered; and so, after a ca,l-
tious non-consultation with the company, and
a commcnlablo secrecy, the stakeholder sold
out. Hhcrcat it was speedily spread abroad
that the Great Capitalist had taken hold of
"Dluc Mass" and the stock went up. and the
other Stockholders rcjoiced-until the Great
Capitalist foundi 1t was necessary to put up
expensive mills, to employ a high salaried
superintendent fact, to develop tho mine
by spending Of its earnings, 10 that tho stock
quoted ut liz was finally saddled with on as
easement nf SO per share. Another assess-
ment of $50 to enable the superintendent to
proceed to Russia and Spain and examine in
to tho workings Of tho quicksilver mines
there, and also a general commission 10 the
gifted anil scientific Pillagcman to examine
intothe various component parts Of quick
silver, and report if 1t could not be manufac-
tnred from ordinary sandstone by steam or
electricity, speedily brought the other stock.
holders tn their lenses. It was at this time
tho good fellow "Tom," the scrious.mindea
"Dick" md the speculative hut fortunate
.'Harrv," brokers Of the Great Capitalist,
found it convenient to buy up, for the Great
Capitalist aforesaid, the various other shares
at great sacrifice.
fear that l have bored my readers in thus
giving tho tiresomo details Of that ingenious
American pastime which my countrymen dis
miss in their cpigrammatic wayas the 'freez.
ing ont process" And lest any reader should
question the ethics Of the proceeding, l beg
him to remember that one gentleman accom-
plished in this art was always a sincere and
direct opponent Of the late Mr.. John Oak.
hurst, gambler.
But for once the Great Master Of Avarice
had not taken into sufficient account the Az.
arice Of others. and was suddenly and virtu-
ously shocked to learn that an application for
q p.tent for certain lands, known as the "Red.
Rock Rancho" was about to be offered be-
fore the United States land commission.
This claim covered his mining property. But
tho Information cnme quietly and secretly, as
all Of the Great Masters information was OBJ
tainel. and he took the opportunity to sell out
Ills rlowlcd title and his proprietorship to
tho only remaining member Of tho original
"lsluo Mass company" q young fellow Of pitl,.
leforo ~lmany-tonyued rumor had voiced the
news far AMI wide. Tho blow was a heavy
one to tho party left in possession. Saddlcd
Ivy tho enormous debts and expenses of tho
Great Capitalist, with a credit further injured
Ivy the detection of this lucky masnnte, who
VS. As"ss' ~" OH ~ ~ tAaASA lINlt1Slk a
las, and whose REIMBURSEMENT nf any project.
meant ruin to it, I'll" single handel in,pover.
ished rosscssor Of tho MING, whose title was
contested and whose reputation was yet TO Ike
m%at"-roor Dissss, first secretary and only
remaining officer Of the 'l.lme Mass com
rnny," l,s,kexl r,cfully over his lxDks and
his last transfer. mud si:lrrl. hut 1 lavo BE-
fore intimnt1xl that he wus i,1ilt of cool stuff
and TINT hc lrlirvtSl in his wnrk-whirh was
wcll-a,d in himself, which was lrttcr; and
80, having faith oven as a grim Of mustard
seed, I d"itt not that tc wouli have lsem
ablo to remove that mountain 1T quicksilver
beyond tho overlapping of fraudulent grants.
And, agnin. Notwithstanding d~isixAsxl of
thcsa sevcrnl scamps-rnissl up To linn .
friend. Int that friend IN OF sufficient i'm.
portanre IN this vcrnrious history 10 dsssrys
4 paragraph Il, hi,ns'If.
Cro Be CONTINUED